We Coming

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"We Coming" was inspired by the Dream Defenders, BYP100, and the movement of fast food and low wage workers to get $15 an hour and the right to form a union. "We Coming" was shot on location in Milwaukee, WI during the 8/29 Strike that took place in over 50 cities around the country. "We Coming" was produced by GM3, shot by Paradise Gray, and based off a chant by Artist and Activist Jazz Hudson. Young people are rising up all over the country and the world, believe me when I say, "WE COMING"!

LYRICS

Verse 1We organize stakes is high, in every hood and state we rideDefend the dream the winning team Malcolm said by any means50 years since Dr. KingSchool of hard knocks took shots in the boxing ringStudied and we got degreesFeeling like the Dr's seeds the block is locked we got the keysWe got our shot cocked and squeezedHit the mark watch us leadProphecy born in an economy of povertyReagan era policies and hustler psychologiesStreet corner pharmacies, car trunk armoriesNew Jack City Carter dreams yellow tape marks the sceneMass indoctrination into Mass incarcerationWhen your school is like a prison every class is occupationWe try and say its wrong they wanna pass it off as hatingIf America is beautifulWhy she wanna freeze us in place just like medusa doWe came to turn on the lights this is our future tooWho is you we new improvedMovement we were meant to move its what we were created forWe believe we are the ones we've been waiting for

Verse 2We Fight for 15 Fight for this DreamYou and I unified to strike against the machineThis right wing regime got the country on leanCause the richest companies get the biggest subsidiesBut wanting me to leave making $7.25Coming home to my family and staring in hungry eyesNo not another day cause our movement's coming aliveAnd I'm on the front lines so you know I'm coming for mineChicago, Milwaukee riseNew York to the West SideSt. Louis, KC and Detroit is ready to rideAll we got is our lives our dignity and our prideOur enemy is the liesThe remedy is our energy when we see its the timeTo turn up in these streets so deep that police can't see the concreteShut em down we gonna show em who really run the townWe came up from the underground them tables done spun aroundYoung people of color found the crown we were created forWe believe we are the ones we've been waiting for

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We Coming

Media

"We Coming" was inspired by the Dream Defenders, BYP100, and the movement of fast food and low wage workers to get $15 an hour and the right to form a union. "We Coming" was shot on location in Milwaukee, WI during the 8/29 Strike that took place in over 50 cities around the country. "We Coming" was produced by GM3, shot by Paradise Gray, and based off a chant by Artist and Activist Jazz Hudson. Young people are rising up all over the country and the world, believe me when I say, "WE COMING"!

LYRICS

Verse 1We organize stakes is high, in every hood and state we rideDefend the dream the winning team Malcolm said by any means50 years since Dr. KingSchool of hard knocks took shots in the boxing ringStudied and we got degreesFeeling like the Dr's seeds the block is locked we got the keysWe got our shot cocked and squeezedHit the mark watch us leadProphecy born in an economy of povertyReagan era policies and hustler psychologiesStreet corner pharmacies, car trunk armoriesNew Jack City Carter dreams yellow tape marks the sceneMass indoctrination into Mass incarcerationWhen your school is like a prison every class is occupationWe try and say its wrong they wanna pass it off as hatingIf America is beautifulWhy she wanna freeze us in place just like medusa doWe came to turn on the lights this is our future tooWho is you we new improvedMovement we were meant to move its what we were created forWe believe we are the ones we've been waiting for

Verse 2We Fight for 15 Fight for this DreamYou and I unified to strike against the machineThis right wing regime got the country on leanCause the richest companies get the biggest subsidiesBut wanting me to leave making $7.25Coming home to my family and staring in hungry eyesNo not another day cause our movement's coming aliveAnd I'm on the front lines so you know I'm coming for mineChicago, Milwaukee riseNew York to the West SideSt. Louis, KC and Detroit is ready to rideAll we got is our lives our dignity and our prideOur enemy is the liesThe remedy is our energy when we see its the timeTo turn up in these streets so deep that police can't see the concreteShut em down we gonna show em who really run the townWe came up from the underground them tables done spun aroundYoung people of color found the crown we were created forWe believe we are the ones we've been waiting for

This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.